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Hudson had tried the route recommended by Master 
Robert Thorne and had found it to be impracticable, but 
his .employers were willing to send forth another expe- 
dition under his command. He therefore decided to try 
the north-east plan, conceiving that if he could once 
either get round the north end of Novaya Zemlya, or 
through Burrough or Pet Straits, and round Cape Tabin, 
which is shown on the old charts as the northern point 
of Asia, the rest of the voyage to China would offer no 
difficulties. This, then, was his plan for a second voyage. 
He had a third way in his mind, for the Dutch on their 
latest charts had shown Kostin Shar as a strait through 
Novaya Zemlya. 
The little Hopeivell was again fitted out and sailed on 
the 22nd April, 1608, with a crew of 14 in all, including 
Hudson's little son 1 . On the 3rd June the North Cape 
was sighted and on the 12th, in 75 0 30' N., the ice was 
encountered, and the ship's head was turned to the east. 
Having examined the edge of the ice for a long distance 
the Hopewell was in sight of the Novaya Zemlya coast in 
72 0 25' N., on the 26th July, at the place called Swarte 
Klip by the Dutch. Juet and Cooke, the mate and the 
boatswain, went on shore with two men, and reported 
having seen antlers and traces of deer, many streams of 
water, and long grass. In the evening Stacey the carpenter 
and Ladley the other mate landed and saw much drift- 
wood and a great number of birds. They brought some 
moss and wild flowers on board. Many walrus were seen 
in 71 0 15', but none were killed. 
When the compact character of the ice-floes between 
Spitsbergen and Novaya Zemlya deprived Hudson of 
all hope by a northerly course, his intention was to 
pass by the Waigat and the mouth of the river Obi to 
Cape Tabin, the supposed northern point of Asia. But 
now a hope was conceived that the quantity of walrus 
might defray the expense of the expedition, and also 
that there might be a better passage to the east side of 
Novaya Zemlya by way of Kostin Shar, as the bay in 
1 The following were the names of the crew : Henry Hudson (Master), 
and his son John Hudson, Robert Juet (Master's Mate), Arnold Ladley 
(Mate), John Cooke (Boatswain), Philip Stacey (Carpenter), John Braunch 
(Cook) , John Barnes, John Adrey, James Scrutton, Michael Pearce (or Pierce), 
Thomas Hilles, Richard Tonson, Robert Rayne, and Humphrey Gilby. 
